BASHOW, David L. DeQUETTEVILLE, A. M., Lieutenant-General (foreword) JOHNSON, J. E., Air Vice-Marshall (foreword)All the Fine Young Eagles : In the Cockpit with Canada's Second World War Fighter Pilots. in purple dj.Stoddart Publishing Co. Limited, Toronto, 1996, ISBN:0773729763 BASHOW, David L. All the Fine Young Eagles : In the Cockpit with Canada's Second World War Fighter Pilots. Forewords by Lieutenant-General A, N, DeQuetteville and Air Vice-Marshal J. E. Johnson. (Toronto): Stoddart PublishingCo. Limited, (1996). Pp. 384 + 24 p. of plates. 8vo, blue paper covered bo ards with gilt lettering to spine. This volume "tells the stories of Canada's fighter heroes, using their own wartime correspondence and later memoirsto capture the gripping atmosphere in the cockpit as they waged war in the air. Near-legendary names like Stocky Edwards, Buzz Beurling, and Moose Fu merton recount tales of fierce dogfights, dramatic victories, and narrow escapes, as well as stories of squadron life, leave in London, budding romances, homesickness, and the tragic loss of cherished friends." - from the dj.Vg in dj. 25.00

BATSTONE, Stephanie.Wren's Eye View : Adventures of a Visual Signaller. pbk.Parapress Limited, Tunbridge Wells, 2001, ISBN:1898594708 BATSTONE, Stephanie. Wren's Eye View : Adventures of a Visual Signaller. Line illustrations by the author. Tunbridge Wells : Parapress Limited, (October 2001). Second Printing of Second Edition. Pp (8),[1]-192,(6),+ 8 pp plates. 8vo, illustrated blue card covers. “Oban, Scotland, World War II. A signal station overlooked the Firth of Lorne. Every passing ship, from the Morag Jane to the Duke of York, was challenged and identified. Stephanie volunteered for signalling to "free a man for the fleet." Like all the trainee Wrens at HMS Cabbala, she hoped for a posting to Portsmouth. But the Navy sent her to the Highlands, and a life of incredible harshness. For the Wrens at Ganavan station with their 'blue chapped hands and our socks stuck to our toes with broken chilblains', life was a constant struggle for dry clothes, sleep, warmth, food and the forbidden pastime of Getting On a Boat. Yet Stephanie loved her vocation. She was complete mistress of the Aldis lamp, and the codes which gave her power over the Navy - if she said to a ship 'Turn to starboard', it obeyed. She could converse with sailors at such speedno officer could intercept her. In this way she picked up Jack from Ohio. With he terrible abruptness of the times, he sailed for D-Day and was gone.Then, over fifty years later, a message came from America..." - from the b ack cover. Very good. 20.00

BATTEN, JackSpirit of the Regiment : An account of the 48th Highlanders From 1956 to 199148th Highlanders of Canada, Toronto, 1992, BATTEN, Jack. The Spirit of the Regiment : An account of the 48th Highlanders From 1956 to 1991. [Toronto : 48th Highlanders of Canada, 1992?]. Illustrated. Large 8vo, green cloth, silver lettering to front board, with a blank spine. Contents : Introduction. 1. Beginnings. 2. A Return to Battle. 3. The Regiment in 1956. 4. Thirty-Five Years of Commanding Oficers. 5. The Museum. 6. The Men With Loud Voices. 7. "Thank You Canada." 8. Duty. 9. Officers and Jocks of the 1990's. 10. The Next One-Hundred Years. Appendices. A few pen marks, penned date, else very good. 38.00

BAUCHMAN, PerrySpitfire Pilot : My Wartime Adventures. First paperback, signed.Lancelot Press, 1996, BAUCHMAN, Perry. Spitfire Pilot : My Wartime Adventures. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, (1996). Pp (6),7-172,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, blue card covers. Introduction by Al Purdy. "The word Spitfire has always been a magic name for me. I wanted to fly, wanted to 'slip the surly bonds of earth', etc. I met Perry Bauchman, and discovered that he had actually been a Spitfire pilot, and could even be induced to talk about his experiences occasionally [...]:his early neophyte days in Africa; shooting up German road convoys in Fran ce; downing buzz bombs over England, fierce dogfights with Messerschmidts and Focke Wolffs [sic]; escorting bomber raids on Hitler's munition factories... War, wtih all the blood and horror, but fought in the sky where the sheer excitement must have been sometimes overwhelming." -from Purdy's introduction. Very good. Signed, inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. 15.00

BAUCHMAN, Perry PURDY, Al, introSpitfire Pilot : My Wartime Adventures. First EditionLancelot Press, Hantsport, 1996, ISBN:0889996091 BAUCHMAN, Perry. Spitfire Pilot : My Wartime Adventures. Hantsport : Lancelot Press, (1996). Pp (6),7-172,(2). Illustrated. 8vo, blue card covers. Introduction by Al Purdy. "The word Spitfire has always been a magic name for me. I wanted to fly, wanted to 'slip the surly bonds of earth', etc. I met Perry Bauchman, and discovered that he had actually been a Spitfire pilot, and could even be induced to talk about his experiences occasionally [...]:his early neophyte days in Africa; shooting up German road convoys in Fran ce; downing buzz bombs over England, fierce dogfights with Messerschmidts and Focke Wolffs [sic]; escorting bomber raids on Hitler's munition factories... War, wtih all the blood and horror, but fought in the sky where the sheer excitement must have been sometimes overwhelming." -from Purdy's introduction. Vg. 12.00

BAUMANN, Robert F. Leavenworth Papers No. 20Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and AfghanistanCombat Studies Institute, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas, 1993, ISBN:0160419530 BAUMANN, Robert F. Russian-Soviet Unconventional Wars in the Caucasus, Central Asia, and Afghanistan. Leavenworth Papers Number 20. Fort Leavenworth, Kansas : Combat Studies Institute, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, (1993). Pp (2),iii-x,(1),1-219,(3). Illustrated. 4to, white card covers, black and maroon lettering. "The Soviet Union's agonizing decade-long struggle against a fiercely determined Mujahideen resistance in Afghanistan offers.a compelling illustration of the perils which can await a modern power that commits conventional forces against an unconventional foe in an undeveloped theater. That the Soviets embarked on such a rash course in 1979 isespecially striking in light of the American experience in Vietnam just a few years earlier and Russia's long historical involvement fighting Muslim tribesmen in the Caucasus and Central Asia. At the beginning of the nineteenth century, Imperial Russia attempted to impose its authority on the Caucasus only to become embroiled in a protracted and brutal war against the mountain tribes of Dagestan. A charismatic leader, Shamil, emerged to harness the power of a formidable resistance that nearly foiled the Russian plan ofconquest, which was fulfilled only after decades of destructive and costly campaigning. Following the collapse of opposition in Dagestan in 1859, the Russians concentrated on the conquest of Central Asia as far as the Afghan and Persian frontiers. Here, vast steppes and deserts-formidable obstacles standing between Russia and the remote khanates-eventually yielded to the determination and methodical preparation of key Russian commanders. Established by a series of major campaigns from the 1850s to the 1880s, Russian rule in Central Asia remained stable until the Bolshevik Revolution of October 1917. With the collapse of imperial power, however, the empire dissolved.Efforts to impose Red rule over the former imperial possessions in Central Asia sparked popular resistance among the Muslim tribes and required massi ve intervention by the Red Army. The four episodes considered in this studyprovide useful perspectives on the nature of unconventional warfare, the a daptability of modern military institutions, the character of cross-cultural conflict, and the dilemmas inherent in the creation " (from the back cover). Contents : 1. Russian Subjugation of the Central Caucasus: The War Against the Mountaineers. 2. The Conquest of Central Asia. 3. The liquidation of the Basmachi Resistance, 1918—1933. 4. The Soviet-Afghan War. 5. Conclusions. Very good. 25.00

BAUMANN, Robert FredDebates Over Universal Military Service in Russia 1870-1874Yale University, New Haven, CT, 1982, BAUMANN, Robert Fred. The Debates Over Universal Military Service in Russia1870-1874. A Dissertation Presented to the Faculty of the Graduate School of Yale University in Candidacy for the Degree of Doctor of Philosophy. (New Haven, CT) : Yale University, 1982. Pp (3),ii-v,1-232 leaves, prinrted one-side only. 4to, duo-tang binding, blue card covers, unlettered. "The purpose of this study is to examine the course and substance of the debates over the implementation of universal military service in Russia during the period 1870 - 1874. Russia's dismal failure in the Crimean War forced Alexander II to make plans for the overhaul of the army. Yet it was not until 1870,following Prussia's compelling demonstration of military efficiency in the Franco-Prussian War, that the Russian War Minister, Dmitrii Miliutin, was able to muster enough support to implement the most important element of his reforms, universal military service. Debate over this dramatic step carried on for over three years from the time Miliutin issued his proposals. Thecentral forums of debate were two special commissions established by the T sar, which worked out the details of the new law, and the State Council. This study employs the journals and records of all three bodies. The debates reveal much about the state of the empire and the enormous social implications of reform. Particular attention is paid to problems of military manpower, privileges and exemptions and the impact of reform on the many national minorities of the Russian Empire." (Abstract). Contents : 1. Introduction :The Crimean War and the Background of Reform. 2. The Outline of Reform. 3. Reorganization. 4. Terms of Service. 5. Commission Debate on Privileges an d Exemptions. 6. Council Debate on Privileges and Exemptions. 7. Reform andthe Empire. 8. Conclusion. Very good. 90.00

BAYLEY, C.C.Mercenaries for the Crimea : The German, Swiss, and Italian Legions in British Service, 1854-1856. in dj.McGill-Queens University Press, Montreal and London, 1977, ISBN:0773502734 BAYLEY, C.C. Mercenaries for the Crimea : The German, Swiss, and Italian Legions in British Service, 1854-1856 . Montreal and London: McGill-Queens University Press, 1977. Pp. (4),[v]-viii,[1]-197,(1). 8vo, black cloth with gilt lettering to spine. "The more dramatic episodes of the Crimean War havenever lacked historians, but less attention has been paid to the unspectac ular but crucial problem of recruiting for the army which confronted British ministries in 1854-55. This book is the first detailed and comprehensive account of the attempt to find a partial solution of the problem by the traditional method of foreign recruiting. The attempt was abortive and the venerable custom of enlisting and subsidizing troops on the Continent proved to be one of the ultimate casualties of the war." -from the dj. Contents: 1.Army Recruiting before the Crimean War; 2. The Search for Allies; 3. The S earch for Recruits; 4. The Foreign Enlistment Bill (origins, Parliamentary debate on the Bill); 5. Press and Public Opinion on the Bill; 6. Preparations for Foreign Recruiting (Germany, Switzerland, Sardinia); 7. Problems of Foreign Recruiting (Germany, Italy, Switzerland); 8. The Period of Trainingand Service; 9. Disbandment (Swiss Legion, German Legion, Italian Legion); 10. Conclusion. With numerous appendices, including a short survey of fore ign recruitment post-Napoleon, lists of officers in the German, Italian, and Swiss Legions, among others. Very good in sticker-ghosted dust jacket. 50.00

BAYNES, JohnForgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O'Connor, KT, GCB, DSO, MC. First Edition in dustjacket.Brassey's Inc,, London, &c : , 1989, ISBN:0080362699 BAYNES, John . The Forgotten Victor: General Sir Richard O'Connor, KT, GCB,DSO, MC. London, &c : Brassey's Inc, (1999). First Edition. Pp (4),v-xiv,1 -320,(2), frontispiece + 32 pp plates. Maps. 8vo, maroon cloth, gilt lettering to spine. Lt-Col Sir John Christopher Malcolm Baynes, Bt (b. April 24 1928, Bath - d. January 22, 2005). "The Forgotten Victor is the story of a man whose unflinching courage, strong integrity, selfless devotion to duty, and profound dedication to his country placed him amongst the top ranking British generals of the Second World War. Victor of the great battles in theWestern Desert in 1940-41, in which his Western Desert Force utterly destr oyed the Italian 10th Army, many times its size, O'Connor suffered the cruel fate of being captured by a chance German patrol only two months later. Struggling with the humiliation of captivity, he finally succeeded in his effort to escape during the winter of 1943. Much of the story is reproduced here in his own words. Hardly had he returned to England than he found himself commanding VIII Corps and charged with its preparation for the invasion of Europe- just months later. Stories of the great battles of Normandy - Epsom, Goodwood, Bluecoat - are relived in accurate detail. During the bitterwinter of 1944, O'Connor led his forces with great skill and determination against the Germans and helped to secure the Allied advance towards the Rh ine. A clash with Montgomery, then his Commander-in-Chief, over the latter's treatment of an American general, caused O'Connor to request to be relieved of his command. There followed a highly successful period in India as anArmy Commander under Auchinleck. The war over, O'Connor became Adjutant Ge neral to the Forces. Once more in harness with Montgomery, another unpleasant clash occurred, leading to his retirement in circumstances which his ownletters show to have been little short of deplorable. Yet, he continued to dedicate his life to the service of his country, and was later recognised for his efforts by the Queen through his appointment as a Knight of the Thistle." (from the dj). Contents : 1. Childhood and Schools. 2. From Sandhursto the Regiment. 3. The First World War. 4. The Post-war Years-1919 to 193 5. 5. Commander, Peshawar Brigade, North-West Frontier, India. 6. Commander, 7th Division and Military Governor of Jerusalem. 7. Arrival in the Desertand First Actions Against the Italians. 8. Planning the Five Day Raid. 9. An Outline of Operation COMPASS. 10. General O'Connor's Conduct of the Campaign. 11. The End of the Campaign. 12. Capture. 13. The First Escape Attempts. 14. Escape after the Italian Armistice. 15. The Effects of Capture and the Years as a Prisoner of War. 16. Command of VIII Corps in Normandy. 17. Normandy to the River Maas. 18. Commands in India. 19. Adjutant General to the Forces. 20. The Last Years-1947 to 1981. Very good in unclipped dustjacket. 20.00

BE'ERI, EliezerArmy Officers in Arab Politics and Society. in dj Praeger, 1970, BE'ERI, Eliezer. Army Officers in Arab Politics and Society. (NY): Praeger, 1970. Pp. 514. With twenty-four pages of plates. 8vo, brown cloth, gilt titles to spine. A detailed analysis of military coups d'état that took place in the Middle East from1936 through to 1966. Also discussed is the nature of military dictatorship in the Arab world, in addition to the ideologies and motivations of the officers in Arab politics. Vg in clipped dj (small abrasion to outer hinge of rear panel, light edgewear, some minor rubbing). 50.00

BEATTY, David Pierce GOODWIN, V.E.Memories of the Forgotten War : The World War I Diary of Pte. V.E. Goodwin.1st pr.Baie Verte, Port Elgin, NB, 1988, ISBN:0969325916 BEATTY, David Pierce. Memories of the Forgotten War : The World War I Diaryof Pte. V.E. Goodwin . (Port Elgin, NB: Baie Verte Editions, 1988). First Printing. Pp. [I]-xiv,[1]-290. Illustrated. 8vo, illustrated green card covers. Tennyson, The Canadian Experience of the Great War : A Guide to Memoirs 812. A narrative of time spent on the Western Front in the First World War, taken largely from the diaries of Vincent Goodwin, a 19-year-old privatein the 2nd Canadian Motor Machine Gun Brigade, who served on the Western F ront in 1918. Contents: 1. The Kent-Westmorland 145th Infantry Battalion; 2. "God Be With You Til We Meet Again"; 3. 1917: Living With a Machine Gun; 4. Germany's Great March 1918 Offensive; 5. The Battle of Amiens; 6. The Hindenburg Line: Monchy and Jigsaw Wood; 7. The Drocourt-Queant Line and the Marquion Bridge; 8. The Main Hindenburg Line: Canal du Nord and Bourlon Wood; 9. The Marcoing Line and Death Valley; 10. Haynecourt; 11. Cambrai; 12. Valenciennes; 13. Mons; 14. The Long March to the Rhine; 15. The Last Christmas Away from Home; 16. Europe on $3.00 a Day; 17. Going Home. Very good. 25.00